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III Censo de Población y II de Vivienda, 1974 - IPUMS Subset

Ecuador, 1974
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ECU_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina de Censos Nacionales, Junta Nacional dePlanificación, IPUMS
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Employment status (EC1974A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: ECU1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="EC74A416 EC74A417 EC74A418 EC74A419 EC74A420"><span class="em">For all individuals 12 years of age and older</span> [Applies to questions 12-15.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="EC74A416">12. What did you do the greater part of the days between the 3rd and 7th of June? Ask the questions in the order indicated: Worked? Did not work but had a job? Etc. and upon receiving a reply, mark the respective box and go on the next appropriate question.<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Worked?<br />[] 2 Did not work but had a job?<br />[] 3 Unemployed? (Looked for work having worked before)<br /><br /><span class="em">For responses 1-3, continue with question 13.</span><br /><br />[] 4 Looked for work without having ever worked before?<br />[] 5 Studied exclusively?<br />[] 6 Did household tasks exclusively?<br />[] 7 Exclusively retired or pensioner?<br />[] 8 Others<br />[] 9 Unknown<br /><br /><span class="em">For responses 4 - 9, women skip to 16, men skip to 19.</span></div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Worked
2 Did not work, but had a job
3 Unemployed
4 Looking for the first time
5 Student
6 Domestic duties
7 Retired or pensioner
8 Other situation
9 Unknown
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the economic activity of the person during last week [between 3rd and 7th of June].
Universe
Ecuador 1974: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II .2%]

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